Description

ST0827 WIVELISCOMBE CP THE SQUARE (West side)

8/89 The Town Hall

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GV II

Town Hall, now shops. 1841-2, and mid C20 shopfronts. Architect Richard Carver.
Brick with Welsh slate roofs. Central block 2-storeys and 3-bays, extending back
the depth of the site, with steeply pitched gable roof. Deep wooden eaves form a
pediment at the gable end, tympanum contains a clock, with a brick and wood
bell-cote with bell above. Round headed sash windows with glazing bars and a
string course which is continued around the windows as a hood mould. This
fenestration and string course returned on side fronts. Flanking single storey
wings with hipped roofs behind brick parapets containing C20 shopfronts, except
for extreme left 3:1 bays where original arcades of now painted brick have been
filled with plate glass.

Listing NGR: ST0807727797

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26594133

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)